We have a 6.5kg Bosch front loader, love it and as others have said wouldn't go back to a top loader.

It has a 15 min cycle I use for smaller loads and "easy care" which is 50 mins for a full load, I can fit a fluffy queen Donna in no worries. There's a heap of cycles, woollens, gentle, Eco etc and you can change the water temp and spin speed for each cycle, do a second spin and lots of other things.

There's four of us and even with both kids at school and both of us working I could easily wash every second day and fit it all in with room spare.